Bordetella pertussis is a Gram-negative bacterium of the genus Bordetella, and the causative agent of pertussis or whooping cough. Unlike B. bronchiseptica, B. pertussis is non-motile.

There does not appear to be a zoonotic reservoir for B. pertussis—humans are its only host.

References

External links

• Bordetella chapter in Baron's Medical Microbiology (online text at the NCBI bookshelf ^*).

Burkholderiales

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